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Infestation: The New Z cover art

Infestation: The New Z

Fredaikis AB · OP Productions LLC · 2016-11-22

Steam

ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerRPGFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Nov 22, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The New Z is a FREE TO PLAY multi-game mode experience. SURVIVE with friends and gather loot, stash and trade. Go into wars against other groups in a massive OPEN WORLD or face them 5 v 5 in COMPETITIVE.

Infestation: The New Z is a free-to-play Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, and RPG game released in 2016, with an owner estimate of 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 and a review sentiment of Mixed (54% of 33885 reviews).

98
playing now
54%
positive of 34k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
59/100
IGDB user rating (20 ratings)
722h
time to beat (IGDB)
borked
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

98 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Infestation: The New Z trailer thumbnail

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 98 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 281 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~35/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,536 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
33233220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 330 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 275 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 235 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 205 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

269782026-09-14 19:00 — 118 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 123 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 148 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 138 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 149 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 120 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 153 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 120 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 153 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 269 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 145 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 103 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 204 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 84 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 97 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 240 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 93 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 99 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 136 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 138 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 136 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 118 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 119 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 98 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8.6k103Nov 2016Aug 2026Nov 2016 — avg 5,612 · peak 11,437Feb 2017 — avg 6,577 · peak 11,274May 2017 — avg 4,208 · peak 6,797Aug 2017 — avg 3,023 · peak 4,505Nov 2017 — avg 2,620 · peak 4,447Feb 2018 — avg 2,220 · peak 3,576May 2018 — avg 1,548 · peak 2,628Aug 2018 — avg 1,088 · peak 1,644Nov 2018 — avg 852 · peak 1,503Feb 2019 — avg 767 · peak 1,380May 2019 — avg 558 · peak 1,055Aug 2019 — avg 744 · peak 1,440Nov 2019 — avg 570 · peak 1,086Feb 2020 — avg 578 · peak 1,027May 2020 — avg 595 · peak 1,110Aug 2020 — avg 444 · peak 775Nov 2020 — avg 688 · peak 1,425Feb 2021 — avg 461 · peak 810May 2021 — avg 486 · peak 905Aug 2021 — avg 346 · peak 637Nov 2021 — avg 333 · peak 651Feb 2022 — avg 322 · peak 650May 2022 — avg 281 · peak 504Aug 2022 — avg 288 · peak 575Nov 2022 — avg 329 · peak 669Feb 2023 — avg 312 · peak 570May 2023 — avg 262 · peak 477Aug 2023 — avg 216 · peak 412Nov 2023 — avg 354 · peak 677Feb 2024 — avg 269 · peak 536May 2024 — avg 166 · peak 301Aug 2024 — avg 147 · peak 319Nov 2024 — avg 236 · peak 531Feb 2025 — avg 177 · peak 400May 2025 — avg 125 · peak 247Aug 2025 — avg 103 · peak 216Nov 2025 — avg 154 · peak 291Feb 2026 — avg 147 · peak 295May 2026 — avg 120 · peak 239Aug 2026 — avg 142 · peak 404
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
22.4%
earned "That looks cool!"
1.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing

13 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Thai, Traditional Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)15,9630%69

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSPvPRPGCo-opActionShooterViolentZombiesSurvivalAdventure

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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